George de Luna Byron

George de Luna Byron, also known as de Gibler, was a forger who claimed to be the illegitimate son of the poet Lord Byron. He successfully created and sold numerous forged documents attributed to his alleged father, as well as to other poets like Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. Forgery in art and literature involves creating a work that purports to be by someone other than its actual maker, with the intent to deceive, often for financial gain. While copying or creating works in the style of an artist is not inherently forgery, adding a fraudulent signature or altering a piece with the intent to defraud constitutes forgery.12